Victorian Era Opium Dens
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Date: 2022-12-29
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Beardless
You've likely already done it and I'm too lazy to check, but I think the odd Victorian practice of photographing the recently deceased with the surviving members of the decedent's family would make for a great video idea.
I mean, taking pictures of dead people on their own is weird enough, but posing as a living person with your dead Mother, Father, Brother, Sister, Aunt, Uncle, Cousin etc. would be such a strange thing to do.
You can often tell who the dead person is I never the photo because they'll be the clearest and the sharpest person in the image because hold still isn't really an issue for them, hehe. Exposure times - meaning how long it took to take the picture. in the 1800s it was over a lengthy series of seconds. sometimes minutes, and wasn't just an instantaneous snap like today - were long and the dead person could hold a pose like nobody's business.
Speaking of posing, this was a whole insane photography-adjacent empire, with many posing contraptions and industry secrets and techniques to make the dead look less dead. You know. they wanted to make it work for the client, no matter their stipulations or wild composition ideas.
This means that there were literally posing stands made of iron or something that could hold the dead' head in place, make them appear to be sitting up or seated comfortably and there were even stands that could make a dead person do just that. stand.
They would be hooked up to this thing and via various supports that were out of sight, behind the person and often affixed under their clothing. They could look very convincingly alive in this way but it was all a dice roll with rigor and decomposition to contend with.
However, it wasn't macabre Judy for the sake of being macabre, like many weird Victorian traditions (coffin cakes for example. No, the reality of it was that Photography was _very_ expensive in the 19th century and this practice was done not only to preserve the appearance of the person while they were alive, but - because of the prohibitive cost to the non-upper class citizen - this may well be the only photograph they ever have of that person and even themselves.
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You've likely already done it and I'm too lazy to check, but I think the odd Victorian practice of photographing the recently deceased with the surviving members of the decedent's family would make for a great video idea.
I mean, taking pictures of dead people on their own is weird enough, but posing as a living person with your dead Mother, Father, Brother, Sister, Aunt, Uncle, Cousin etc. would be such a strange thing to do.
You can often tell who the dead person is I never the photo because they'll be the clearest and the sharpest person in the image because hold still isn't really an issue for them, hehe. Exposure times - meaning how long it took to take the picture. in the 1800s it was over a lengthy series of seconds. sometimes minutes, and wasn't just an instantaneous snap like today - were long and the dead person could hold a pose like nobody's business.
Speaking of posing, this was a whole insane photography-adjacent empire, with many posing contraptions and industry secrets and techniques to make the dead look less dead. You know. they wanted to make it work for the client, no matter their stipulations or wild composition ideas.
This means that there were literally posing stands made of iron or something that could hold the dead' head in place, make them appear to be sitting up or seated comfortably and there were even stands that could make a dead person do just that. stand.
They would be hooked up to this thing and via various supports that were out of sight, behind the person and often affixed under their clothing. They could look very convincingly alive in this way but it was all a dice roll with rigor and decomposition to contend with.
However, it wasn't macabre Judy for the sake of being macabre, like many weird Victorian traditions (coffin cakes for example. No, the reality of it was that Photography was _very_ expensive in the 19th century and this practice was done not only to preserve the appearance of the person while they were alive, but - because of the prohibitive cost to the non-upper class citizen - this may well be the only photograph they ever have of that person and even themselves.
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Sniperboy5551
Ah, back in the good old days. If anybody wants to see what opium feels like, I highly recommend trying poppy seed tea. You can buy poppy seeds legally and as far as I know, its practically legal to make. Although its technically illegal to be in possession of morphine, nobody really knows what it is short of forensic tests. Its easy to pass off as tea or something similarly colored, plus it can get you very, very high. Im actually a bit of a fan of the taste too, that nutty bitter taste is an acquired one, but very nice once youre used to it. Just pace yourself and dont consume too much because it can definitely be dangerous, especially since it takes quite a long time (1-12 hours) to fully kick in. Id love to try actual opium, but I dont see that happening anywhere in the near future. The best part about opium is the fact that its not very psychologically impairing unless you take enough to knock yourself out entirely. Id drink a bottle of poppy seed tea throughout the course of a school day, drinking it from a water bottle that I always had on my desk. Nobody ever batted an eye, its kind of comical looking back at it. I was a total degenerate, yet that fact was hardly visible to others.
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Ah, back in the good old days. If anybody wants to see what opium feels like, I highly recommend trying poppy seed tea. You can buy poppy seeds legally and as far as I know, its practically legal to make. Although its technically illegal to be in possession of morphine, nobody really knows what it is short of forensic tests. Its easy to pass off as tea or something similarly colored, plus it can get you very, very high. Im actually a bit of a fan of the taste too, that nutty bitter taste is an acquired one, but very nice once youre used to it. Just pace yourself and dont consume too much because it can definitely be dangerous, especially since it takes quite a long time (1-12 hours) to fully kick in. Id love to try actual opium, but I dont see that happening anywhere in the near future. The best part about opium is the fact that its not very psychologically impairing unless you take enough to knock yourself out entirely. Id drink a bottle of poppy seed tea throughout the course of a school day, drinking it from a water bottle that I always had on my desk. Nobody ever batted an eye, its kind of comical looking back at it. I was a total degenerate, yet that fact was hardly visible to others.
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Dave
Here in the US south west there is a lot of raw opium from Mexico. It is called Mexican black tar heroine although it is not heroine but just the resin as it is dripped from the bulb. Pipes are not used, instead it is sold wrapped in aluminum foil and is smoked by heating the foil with a butane lighter and the smoke and/or vapor is inhaled through a straw. You see these pieces of aluminum foil with the black streaks lying around on the ground but you hardly ever see syringes and needles. Even speed is mostly smoked rather than injected these days.
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Here in the US south west there is a lot of raw opium from Mexico. It is called Mexican black tar heroine although it is not heroine but just the resin as it is dripped from the bulb. Pipes are not used, instead it is sold wrapped in aluminum foil and is smoked by heating the foil with a butane lighter and the smoke and/or vapor is inhaled through a straw. You see these pieces of aluminum foil with the black streaks lying around on the ground but you hardly ever see syringes and needles. Even speed is mostly smoked rather than injected these days.
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Prof
Friendly reminder:
From a historical standpoint, back in the Victorian era, they had the best quality where substance was concerned.
Fast forward 2022, heroin isn't going anywhere, not only is it a cheaper derivative, but also Fentanyl is being used.
Quality is going down not only in handmade practices but also substances and natural intelligence too.
Computers and cheap production is making things more deadly.
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Friendly reminder:
From a historical standpoint, back in the Victorian era, they had the best quality where substance was concerned.
Fast forward 2022, heroin isn't going anywhere, not only is it a cheaper derivative, but also Fentanyl is being used.
Quality is going down not only in handmade practices but also substances and natural intelligence too.
Computers and cheap production is making things more deadly.
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lekvaroskilincs
created one of the worst mass addictions the world has ever seen
doctors in the 18 hundreds were doing their best, but they just didn't understand the dangers of addictions yet, so they prescribed opium for just about anythin
the USA in 2022. millions of people addicted to perscribed opiates and they are prescribing them for just about anything.
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created one of the worst mass addictions the world has ever seen
doctors in the 18 hundreds were doing their best, but they just didn't understand the dangers of addictions yet, so they prescribed opium for just about anythin
the USA in 2022. millions of people addicted to perscribed opiates and they are prescribing them for just about anything.
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AUGUSTUS
An American in the midst of an opium epidemic killing millions of his own countrymen narrates a video light heartedly looking back at how his ilk the english intentionally addicted an entire nation on the same substance. The irony is delicious, the more flippant and indifferent this narrator sounds, the more his own people suck down opioids.
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An American in the midst of an opium epidemic killing millions of his own countrymen narrates a video light heartedly looking back at how his ilk the english intentionally addicted an entire nation on the same substance. The irony is delicious, the more flippant and indifferent this narrator sounds, the more his own people suck down opioids.
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walt
Nothing to excess, and I have always preferred marijuana or any number of hallucinogenics to opium -- but I have purchased pharmaceutical grade morphine in Cambodia, or illegally in Mexico, where the high is sublime, and a trip in the top at Angkor Wat brings strong light and conversation in weird, happy rooms. Peace, Merry XXX.
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Nothing to excess, and I have always preferred marijuana or any number of hallucinogenics to opium -- but I have purchased pharmaceutical grade morphine in Cambodia, or illegally in Mexico, where the high is sublime, and a trip in the top at Angkor Wat brings strong light and conversation in weird, happy rooms. Peace, Merry XXX.
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James
I think 1909 is when the French started moving opium and heroin around the world. By 1930 they were moving out of Turkey and Vietnam. After 1950 they were working with the Italian Mafia. The Vietnam War led to the industrial manufacturing of heroin with CIA and US directly involved with the French and Italian Mafias.
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I think 1909 is when the French started moving opium and heroin around the world. By 1930 they were moving out of Turkey and Vietnam. After 1950 they were working with the Italian Mafia. The Vietnam War led to the industrial manufacturing of heroin with CIA and US directly involved with the French and Italian Mafias.
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Skeeskeeskee
Its funny(not funny)When he was describing what they would prescribe opium for it reminds me of purdue pharma doing the same thing recently with oxy contin. The world hasnt changed ONE bitthey have some documentaries on purdue. Its very crazy how the government is run by pharma/big business.
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Its funny(not funny)When he was describing what they would prescribe opium for it reminds me of purdue pharma doing the same thing recently with oxy contin. The world hasnt changed ONE bitthey have some documentaries on purdue. Its very crazy how the government is run by pharma/big business.
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Purushottam
History of mankind always had affliction towards psychoactive ingredients found in nature, in India most of todays giant corporates have there origin in opium trading, RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY was also opium trade handler disguised as collector in east India company
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History of mankind always had affliction towards psychoactive ingredients found in nature, in India most of todays giant corporates have there origin in opium trading, RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY was also opium trade handler disguised as collector in east India company
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Tony
N usa learnt how well handing out opiates like sweets worked they did it again it's almost as if it's all bout money n 2 hell with the peasants. coz who cares about j7nkies right? N they die or get on methadone 4 years n they make more of your recovery
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N usa learnt how well handing out opiates like sweets worked they did it again it's almost as if it's all bout money n 2 hell with the peasants. coz who cares about j7nkies right? N they die or get on methadone 4 years n they make more of your recovery
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ipercalisse
Omg everything is racist today. someone draws a Chinese person, racist, writes about a travel to China going very bad, racists, describing opium dens in a bad way as some Asians were making profits of addicted people in Europe. racists.
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Omg everything is racist today. someone draws a Chinese person, racist, writes about a travel to China going very bad, racists, describing opium dens in a bad way as some Asians were making profits of addicted people in Europe. racists.
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Idid
Stellar! I'm so impressed you included the British bringing Opium into Chinese ports. Jack London wrote about the dens and became an addict himself. Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek was reforming China and shutting the opium dens down.
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Stellar! I'm so impressed you included the British bringing Opium into Chinese ports. Jack London wrote about the dens and became an addict himself. Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek was reforming China and shutting the opium dens down.
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Kitty
Funny that perscribing opium for hiccups. when a relaxed sphincter is the reason one (and the only reason)one gets hiccups.
In other words whenever I take my Methadone. I hiccup as soon as it is digested.
Ya know!
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Funny that perscribing opium for hiccups. when a relaxed sphincter is the reason one (and the only reason)one gets hiccups.
In other words whenever I take my Methadone. I hiccup as soon as it is digested.
Ya know!
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Timbucktoothed
Then you thought the Nazis were evil. The mother, I mean the queen of all evil, freaking British Empire. The Cali Cartel with the strongest navy in the world. No I am no German nor Chinese. I am an American.
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Then you thought the Nazis were evil. The mother, I mean the queen of all evil, freaking British Empire. The Cali Cartel with the strongest navy in the world. No I am no German nor Chinese. I am an American.
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Timothy
Im an addict in recovery and had to laugh when they said call the line cook. Restaurant work goes hand in hand with addiction. A lot of servers especially since its a cash job every day.
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Im an addict in recovery and had to laugh when they said call the line cook. Restaurant work goes hand in hand with addiction. A lot of servers especially since its a cash job every day.
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Mister
Reminded me of the movie Once Upon a Time in America starring Robert De Niro. Opening and closing scenes in the movie were inside of some China town opium den.
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Reminded me of the movie Once Upon a Time in America starring Robert De Niro. Opening and closing scenes in the movie were inside of some China town opium den.
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vmcla
Bro, the side remarks and double entendres are so cringe. CRINGE. Do you imagine the only audience for your work is the 14 year old boy? Please fix this.
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Bro, the side remarks and double entendres are so cringe. CRINGE. Do you imagine the only audience for your work is the 14 year old boy? Please fix this.
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nj
So the British made the Chinese addicted to opium in the 19th century and now the Chinese are making the Americans addicted to fentanyl in the 21st century
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So the British made the Chinese addicted to opium in the 19th century and now the Chinese are making the Americans addicted to fentanyl in the 21st century
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IamMe
You know, it might not be a bad thing if opium dens were to make a comeback. It's like a million times safer than fentanyl. Just saying.
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You know, it might not be a bad thing if opium dens were to make a comeback. It's like a million times safer than fentanyl. Just saying.
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